Old Master Drawings
Old Master Drawings
PAULUS CONSTANTIJN LA FARGUE | RIJKSDORP, BY WASSENAAR
Auction Closed
January 29, 05:09 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
PAULUS CONSTANTIJN LA FARGUE
The Hague 1729 - 1782
RIJKSDORP, BY WASSENAAR
Pen and black and brown ink and gray wash, within brown ink framing lines;
signed and dated in brown ink, lower left: P.C. la Fargue ad. viv. / del 1761.;
bears inscription in black chalk, verso: Gezicht van de Hofstede Rijksdorp buiten Wassenaar. / Van de Tresorier Hop.
176 by 238 mm; 6⅞ by 9⅜ in
Prof. Jhr. Dr. Jan Six van Hillegom en Wimmenum (1857-1926);
Jhr. ir. G.C. (Gijs) Six van Wimmenum (1892–1975), thence by decent to the present owners
The inscription on the reverse of the drawing refers to Johannes Hop (1709-1772), Treasurer General of the Dutch Republic from 1753 to 1769, whose daughter Johanna Maria married Jan Six, Lord of Wimmenum, Hillegom and Vromade (1756-1827), bringing the estate into the Six family. The house seen here was designed by the celebrated architect Pieter Post, and built between 1663 and 1668, for Amelis van den Bouckhorst. It was replaced in 1823.
As Charles Dumas has kindly informed us, given that this fine drawing is not mentioned in any old sale catalogues, it must have been in the possession of the Hop and Six families ever since the time when it was made.